NFL fans are in mourning after this player’s father was killed in an airport shooting

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A Southwest Airlines employee was killed in a shooting outside of the Will Rogers International Airport in Oklahoma City Tuesday afternoon, and the NFL was stunned to learn the victim is the father of a player on the Kansas City Chiefs.

Oklahoma City police identified the dead man as Michael Winchester, 52. He’s the father of James Winchester, the long snapper for the Kansas City Chiefs.